1st Edition

The Woman with the Artistic Brush Life History of Yoruba Batik Nike Olaniyi Davies

By Kim Marie Vaz Copyright 1995
    152 Pages
    by Routledge

    152 Pages
    by Routledge

    Nike Davies is one of the few African women known internationally in contemporary art circles. The Woman with the Artistic Brush traces her life history and illustrates the strategies developed by women to mitigate male rule. Presenting a critique of the woman's place in contemporary Yoruba society from the perspective of a woman who lived it, this book covers Nike's life from the time of her mother's death when Nike was six to the culmination of her dream in the creation, against severe societal odds, of a center for arts and culture that has over 120 members. Along the way, The Woman with the Artistic Brush details how Nike ran away from home and joined a traveling theater group after her father tried to arrange her marriage, subsequently married and joined in the polygynous household of a noted artist from the popular Osogbo school, and finally broke clear of that situation after suffering sixteen years of domestic violence. The Woman with the Artistic Brush is another superb contribution to the Foremother Legacies series.

    States are the key to contemporary government reform efforts in the United States, but we know very little about their relative effectiveness at resource allocation and their actual capacity to absorb additional fiscal and managerial responsibilities. This pathbreaking study examines state budget offices as institutional actors, with special attention to the role of budget examiners. Drawing on empirical findings from field studies of eleven states in the American heartland, the authors demonstrate how budgeting at the state level has become more policy-oriented, requiring more complex decision making by budget analysts. The incrementalist model of budgetary decision making thus gives way to a multiple rationalities model. The book includes a comprehensive bibliography of historical and modern writings on state budgeting operations, activities, and decision making; state budgeting cycles; and the state-level policy-development process

    Biography

    Vaz, Kim Marie